Roller-bearing.



D. G. GALBRAITH.

ROLLER BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21. 1916.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

In venlol'.

' usting BEST AVAILABLE cop UNITED STATES PATENT our-ion;

DAVID G. GALBRAITH, 0F MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO ANN-LOCK MERI-WETHER,

WELLS, TEXAS.

0F TULSA, OKLAHOMA, AND DAVID GLAD'YS .GALBRAITH, ESTHER AMANDAGALBRAITH, AND MARY ELIZABETH GAL'BRAITH, ALL OF LIINERAI:

ROLLER-BEARING.

Application filed July 27, 1

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, DAVID G., Gannnarrrr, acitizen of the United States residing at Mineral lVells, in the countyof.Phlo Pinto and State of Texas, have inventcda new and usefulRoller-Bearing, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates. to improvemehts in roller hearings in whichannular adjusting tracks are secured to the axle cr,shaft by means oiadjustment and act in conjunction with a race in the hub or box toprovide means for holding the hub or box on the axle or shaft withroller contact throughout, in a plurality of carrying and separatingconical or cylindrical rollers having beveled ends. The separatingrollers make contact onthe annular track and provide means for taking upall wear by means of adjustments which hold flexible dust-proof disks orwashers in place. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which 1- Figure 1 is a detailed sectionalview as given by line wm in Fig. 2, showing the adtrack and means ofadjustment in conjunction with. race in hub or box an dust-excludingdisks or washers. Fig. iis a vertical view as given at line 2 2 in Fig.1, showing the relative contact with hub and axle or box and shaft withcarrying rollers and separating rollers.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the views.

In the drawing, the bearing consists of an Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan; 2, 1917.

916. Serial No. 111,665.

outer casing E, and a shaft or axle C, having interposed therebetweenload-carrying rollers D, D, and idler or spacing rollers B, B. Theinternal surface of the casing E, is provided with a bearing surfacehaving beveled portions, E, E, co-acting with the beveled end portions DD of the loadcarrying rollers D.

The shaft or axle C, is provided at each end with screw threadedportions C, C, which adjustably receive the cup-shaped track members, A,A, which are provided with longitudinally extending flanges, havingbeveled surfaces A A, which coact with the beveled ends B B 0 1e spacingrollers B, B. Mounted on t i no C an secured between A, A and the Frespectively, are the flexible dust-excluding disks or washers G, G,which engage the outer edgesof the casing E.

I claim' A roller bearing comprising an outer cas-

